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Movie Theaters Are Back! Were They Ever Gone?

Jon Patricof | Posted 05.21.2012

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At the end of 2011, many media analysts were predicting the demise of movie theaters, but the reality is this: the movie theater exhibition business really doesn't look to be in that much trouble.

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Movie Review: To the Arctic

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, To the Arctic, Climate Change, Meryl Streep, Manmade Climate Change, Polar Ice Cap, To the Arctic Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Imax, Entertainment News

To the Arctic, like the cable series Frozen Planet, provides a precious historical record. At some point in the future, films like this will provide the only visual record of polar bears, caribou and other Arctic fauna that will eventually disappear.

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2 Space Shuttle Cameras Coming To National Air And Space Museum

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.04.2012

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WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum i...

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Dan Persons | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Mission: Impossible, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Brad Bird, Paula Patton, The Dark Knight Rises, Imax, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Michael Nyqvist, Entertainment News

What says Christmas Spirit more than nuclear holocaust, life-or-death chases in an automated car park, and scaling the world's tallest building? Maybe that's why Paramount scheduled the release of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol for this most festive of seasons.

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Review: Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol Is a Thrilling and Ingenious Action Film

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Brad Bird, Paula Patton, Imax, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible IV Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible IV Ghost Protocol Review, Mission: Impossible IV Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol, Entertainment News

Noted quibbles aside, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol is a splendidly exciting piece of mainstream entertainment. It is a dazzling action picture that genuinely impresses.

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Smithsonian Dinosaur Movie Lawsuit Hinges On Missing $225,000

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: DC News, Imax, Dinosaur Lawsuit, District of Columbia, Museums, Patagonia, Lawsuits, Dc Around Town, Smithsonian, Dinosaurs, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Dinosaurs are wreaking havoc in the nation's capital, thanks in part, perhaps, to shoddy bookkeeping by the Smithsonian Institution. ...

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Movie Review: Puss In Boots Is A Master-class in Doing 3D 'Right'

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Imax, Antonio Banderas, Dreamworks, 3d, Zorro, Puss in Boots, Puss in Boots Review, Puss in Boots 3d, Puss in Boots Film, Puss in Boots Movie, Salma Hayek, Entertainment News

What could have been a cheap and easy spin-off is instead a surprisingly engaging and richly constructed adventure film.

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Kenya Gets Subsaharan Africa's Only IMAX

Posted 12.19.2011

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The IMAX Corporation is opening a digital theater in Nairobi, Kenya, with hopes for "greater opportunities in the region," they announced in a press r...

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Weekend Box Office: Real Steel Wins Over the Kids, While Ides of March Does the 'Clooney Average'

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Politics, Box Office (Weekend Box Office Rundown), Moneyball, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Imax, Ides of March, Real Steel, News, Disney, Hugh Jackman, Entertainment News

There were two major releases this weekend, and both of them more-or-less did what was expected of them. Disney/Dreamworks unleashed the robot-boxing/father-son drama Real Steel, which easily topped the weekend.

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HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Entertainment, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, Imax, Michael Gambon, David Yates, 3d, Rupert Grint, Maggie Smith, Harry Potter, Movies, Entertainment News

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is a very good film in the franchise, and a very good fantasy film in its own right. It is worth our attention and our praise.

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Weekend Box Office: Transformers 3 Tops Again, Horrible Bosses Opens Well While Zookeeper Opens (Relatively) Soft

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Box Office (Weekend Rundown), Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Jennifer Aniston, Zookeeper, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Imax, 3d, Horrible Bosses, Pixar, Cars 2, Horrible Bosses Release, Movie, Entertainment News

The Autobots and Decepticons ruled the box office yet again, as the Middle East-occupation parable grossed another $47 million over the weekend.

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Weekend Box Office: Super 8 Opens With $37m, X-Men: First Class Performs JUST Like X-Men, Midnight In Paris Nears $15m

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Midnight in Paris, JJ Abrams, Hangover 2, Paramount, Woody Allen, Green Lantern, Imax, X-Men: First Class, 3d, Super 8, Entertainment News

Super 8 made me nostalgic for a lot of things this weekend. It made me nostalgic for the days when $50 million was a big budget and when movies had their biggest single night on Saturday of their opening weekend.

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Is 3D Dying or Just Leveling Off?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Essays. News Commentary, Essays, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Imax, 3d, Captain America, Business, Summer 2011, Kung Fu Panda 2, Technology News

About 18 months after Avatar turned everyone into a 3D fanatic, the 'cool' factor is wearing off, as audiences are realizing that most 3D isn't going to blow their minds or take them to another world of immersion.

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Weekend Box Office: Pirates 4 Grosses $90m, Bridesmaids Holds Strong, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris Astonishes in Limited Bow

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Midnight in Paris, Marvel, Kristen Wiig, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bridesmaids, Woody Allen, Imax, 3d, Fast Five, Johnny Depp, Disney, Thor, There's Something About Mary, Film Review, Entertainment News

It's too soon to predict that Bridesmaids will come close to the $175 million total of There's Something About Mary, but it's pretty much guaranteed that the funniest film of 2011 will make it to $100 million.

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Huff Post Review: Thor

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Paramount, Marvel, Chris Hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, Imax, 3d, Comic Book, Summer 2011, Reviews, Thor, Entertainment News

Despite Marvel and Paramount's best marketing efforts to convince otherwise, Kenneth Branagh's Thor is a perfectly satisfactory piece of popcorn entertainment.

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HuffPost Review: The Green Hornet (2011)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imax, 3d, Green Hornet, Reviews, Seth Rogen, Entertainment News

In an age where every comic book adaptation and/or superhero adventure story sets out to be the biggest, most explosive, most fx-filled, most fantastical epic ever made, this new adventure keeps the proceedings down to earth.

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Spine-tingling"Spiderman"--for All the Wrong Reasons

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Via Galactica, Peter Hall, Bono, Broadway, Ptsd, Spiderman, Raul Julia, Galt MacDermott, Gershwin Theater, Cirque De Soleil, Dude, Julie Taymor, 3d, Imax, Pixar, Uris, Arts News

As "Spiderman" the Spectacle careens toward its opening, despite costly delays, a cacophony of controversies, serious human and technical mishaps and ...

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Narnia 3 and Depp/Jolie Vehicle The Tourist Flop, The Fighter and Black Swan Excel in Limited Release: Weekend Box Office (12/12/10).

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Box Office (Weekend Rundown), Imax, Chronicles of Narnia, 3d, Budget Cuts, Entertainment News

It was a gruesome weekend for wide releases, as two sure-fire openers underperformed, which frankly ought to make Disney very nervous for next weekend.

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Weekend Box Office: Shrek 4 Wins Again, While Four New Openers Fail to Break Out

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shrek 4, Imax, Shrek Forever After, Prince of Persia, Sex and the City, Get HIm to the Greek, Splice, Shrek, Killers, Mila Kunis, Entertainment News

The film may have opened with 58% of the third film's $121 million opening weekend grosses, but Shrek: The Final Chapter is proving to be more resilient than many, including myself, predicted.

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Will 3-D Kill the Indie Film?

Jeff Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whitewater Roundtable, Lightiron Digital, Independent Film Distribution, Avatar, Film Production, 3-D Movies, Independent-Film-Distribution, Producers, Alice in Wonderland, Film, Multiplexes, Movies, Indie Film, Cinema, Indie Films, Independent Film, The Economist, Filmmaking, Cotty Chubb, Imax, Technology, Michael Cioni, Scott Hillman, Michael Walker, Jeff Steele, Luxury Screenings, filmclosings.com, Technology News

indie films are competing for distribution and exhibition screens with big budget studio movies and those movies are benefiting from nifty advances in technology; primarily, innovations in 3-D.

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AVATAR -- Time Is Running Out

Aaron Harber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imax, Aaron Harber, Avatar, James Cameron, 3d Movies, IMAX Theaters, Imax 3D, Entertainment News

Cameron is like a good sports referee. If he or she is doing a good job, you don't notice the referee. It's when a referee makes a mistake that he or she becomes most noticeable.

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Studios Battle Over 3-D Screens: Are There Enough For 'Dragon,' 'Titans,' 'Alice?'

LA Times | Richard Verrier and Ben Fritz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How to Train Your Dragon, Warner Bros., 3-D Screens, Avatar, 3-D Movies, Movie Theaters, Film, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Cinema, Animation, Clash of the Titans, Imax, Paramount Pictures, Alice in Wonderland, Ticket Sales, Disney, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, "How to Train Your Dra...

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Iron Man 2 Grosses $128.1 Million in Debut Weekend

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dark Knight, Imax, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Box Office, Tony Stark, Entertainment News

Iron Man 2 has grossed $133.6 million, currently the fourth-largest opening weekend on record.

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Discovery Readies 3D Network for Launch This Year, CEO Tells Beet.TV (video)

Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Discovery Channel, 3-D TV, Imax, Hd, 3D TV, Sony, Media News

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Rumor Finally Becomes Fact: Iron Man 2 to Open in IMAX

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imax, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man 2 in IMAX, Entertainment News

IMAX has finally confirmed that Jon Favreau's Iron Man sequel will be debuting on May 7th in both regular 35mm and IMAX formats.

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